Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:

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but but but if our government has debt people can criticize that debt. OH NO!

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Friarspam posted:

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Here is a stupid example of why the US is in deep crap that a stupid friend sent me.


* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000
* Total national net worth: $60,000,000,000,000

It's hard to keep track of all those zeros, so let's remove 8 of them and pretend it's a household budget:


* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts: $385.. (Doesn't even come close to covering the interest on the debt of $5,000+.)
* Total home value and assets: $600,000


Now, can someone tell me how doing the same old stuff is viable?

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Sin_of_Onin posted:

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I R Xpert!

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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:

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How does any of this drivel contradict what I said?


The differing degrees to which cancer patients feel pain or have their freedom-of-choice and range-of-motion limited doesn't concern my statement. They're still both cancer patients with a self-inflicted cancer and compromised immunity, foolishly daring the next virus to come along and stomp them.

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